After years of doing urban ministry, a 2010 conversation with gang-affiliated teens led Darryl and Stephanie Answer to contemplate what it would look like to live in a neighborhood, follow Jesus, get to know their neighbors, join what’s already going on, and see what the Spirit does. In 2011, they [...]Read More
How Solidarity with Neighbors led to their Collective Liberation
Along with at least 4.5 million Texan families, Lisa lost water and power during the unprecedented snowstorm in March. She is a pastor at Gateway Church in Pflugerville, Texas, where they launched this Easter. Lisa has been connected with CCDA for 5-6 years and has worked in community development [...]Read More
Does God See Us?
Does God See Us? Processing as an Asian American Practitioner by Christina Foor Grief. That is where I am sitting today as I hear the news of the murders at Atlanta spas and see another young, white, male terrorist taken into custody. I read that he was just a guy that “loved God and [...]Read More
How to Support Asians and Asian Americans in the Face of Violence
How to Support Asians and Asian Americans in the Face of Violence by Dr. Joyce del Rosario My social media feed has a string of reports of new uprisings of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. I was recently part of a panel gathered by an Asian American United Methodist group to [...]Read More
Engaging in Prophetic Witness
by Lisa Rodriguez-WatsonDirector of Leadership Development & Training It’s been a devastating few weeks. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, 100,000 COVID deaths, violence in our streets, extreme action by some, inaction by others, silence and complicity, curfews, virtue signaling, [...]Read More
Lent Week 7: Fostering Intimacy with Christ
Humility 21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). Mark 15:21-22 I’ll be honest, [...]Read More
Lent Week 4: Fostering Intimacy With Christ
The Witness of Grace & Generosity “And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For [...]Read More
Building Community through Storytelling
Our Chicago Local Network has been gathering this past year, centered on fostering deeper relationships through focused circle conversations. After planning the 2018 National Conference in our city, we felt the urge to get a quarterly network connection time started. We wanted to create deeper [...]Read More